Devastating blaze
Bodies of six children
recovered after a fire
at a Baltimore home 4

Cabinet hearings
Testimony of Mattis and
Pompeo shows some
breaks with Trump 8

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The first black president
entered the White House
promising hope and
change. We look back
at his achievements and
the issues that shaped his
eight years in office. 6-7

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Buddhist lights incense
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Poya, a religious festival
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at a temple in Kelaniya.
The predominantly
Buddhist island nation
marks every full moon as
a religious holiday.

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Wanted, part-time: a hermit. No experience
necessary. Roman Catholic church officials in
Saalfelden, Austria, are seeking someone “at
peace with himself” to live in a hermitage built into
the cliffs nearby. The church wants someone with
a Christian outlook to greet visiting pilgrims. But
it’s not a dream job. The hermitage has no heat or
running water, so it’s uninhabitable in winter. And
the position is unpaid, although rent is free. (AP)

Want to persuade a friend to give up his man bun?
Tell him it could be a liability in a life of crime. Police
said a man bun helped people in a Pittsburgh
neighborhood identify the man vandalizing their
cars. Man-bun-wearing Isaac Gettleman, 22, faces
36 counts of criminal mischief. He was busted after
surveillance cameras last month showed a man
with his hair in a bun kicking cars and breaking their
side-view mirrors. Gettleman lives nearby. (AP)

This sounds like the plot of a direct-to-cable
movie: Thieves steal an ATM from a train station,
leave it on the tracks and wait for a locomotive to
come by and smash it open so they can collect the
cash. That is almost what happened Thursday in
Dinslaken, Germany. Except that the ATM partially
derailed the train, alerting police, who rushed to
scoop up the money spread over the tracks. No
one was injured — or arrested. (AP/EXPRESS)

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Inauguration voice
gets a gig after ouster
Charlie Brotman
will be helping
to announce the
inauguration
with NBC4.

INAUGURATION

Protest seems
to have won
the bus battle
DEBBIE DOXZON

THE DISTRICT
Charlie Brotman, 89, has once
again secured a gig to commentate on the inaugural parade.
The mostly retired broadcaster
was crushed last week when he
learned he wouldn’t be announcing the inauguration parade, just
as he has done every time since
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
second term in 1957. The Trump
team decided on someone else for
the job, and said they wanted to
instead honor Brotman as “Announcer Chairman Emeritus.”
Brotman said he got offers to
be a parade commentator from
a handful of television stations
after his story made news. He’s
decided to work that day for the
D.C. region’s NBC station, NBC4.
“Now, I’m all young and excited again,” Brotman said. “It’s
a new day. Instead of talking to a
few thousand people, I’m talking
to a few million people.”
A spokesman for the station

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said Brotman would be part of
its inauguration coverage, and
would draw from his extensive
presidential and parade knowledge to entertain viewers.
“Given Charlie Brotman’s
long history in Washington and
unparalleled experience with
Inaugural parades celebrating
presidents in both parties, we
have invited him to be part of our
Inauguration coverage on January 20,” the station spokesperson wrote in an email. “Charlie
will provide his unique insights
that people in Washington have

enjoyed for many decades.”
Brotman, a Washington native,
was an announcer for the old
Washington Senators baseball
team. He said he is honored by
the Trump inauguration committee’s recognition of his work,
though won’t be able to attend
because of his NBC commitment.
“I was down, I was disappointed
and I thought I would be doing it
for the next 100 years,” Brotman
said. “Now I’m not thinking about
the old news, I’m only thinking about good news.” PERRY STEIN
(THE WASHINGTON POST)

Far more buses have
applied to secure parking
throughout the city for
the Women’s March on
Washington the day after
the inauguration than for
the inauguration itself, D.C.
Council member Charles
Allen said Thursday. Allen
said at least 1,200 buses
have applied for permits
to park at RFK Stadium
on Jan. 21, the day of the
Women’s March, while
200 have applied for
parking on Inauguration
Day. RFK has a capacity
of 1,300 buses. RFK is
the main city-run parking
option for charter buses
over that weekend. (TWP)

The balmy high Thursday in D.C.
Despite the unseasonably warm
weather this week, a very cold
high-pressure system will set
the stage for a wintry Saturday.
Even though precipitation will be
light, freezing rain seems likely
in some parts of the region, and
it doesn’t take much of it to coat
roads in dangerous ice. (TWP)

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Amazon founder and Express
owner Jeff Bezos has bought
the former Textile Museum, a
27,000-square-foot property
built in 1912, according to a
person with knowledge of the
sale. The home — the largest in
D.C. — sold Oct. 21 for
$23 million in cash ($1 million
over its list price). (TWP)

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Teen charged in fatal
double stabbing at mall
Police say they’ve charged
a 17-year-old boy in the fatal
stabbing Tuesday of two men
at a Montgomery County mall.
Angelo Jackson was charged
Wednesday as an adult with two
counts of first-degree murder
for the attacks at Westfield
Wheaton Mall. Police identified
the victims as Angel PinedaGomez, 24, and Kevin Siloe
Moya Cruz, 22. (AP/TWP)

Mother and three kids
escape early-morning
blaze at Baltimore home

Metro releases
SafeTrack plans
through June
Metro said Thursday that
its SafeTrack maintenance
program will resume Feb. 11
with an 18-day Blue Line
shutdown from Rosslyn to
the Pentagon. The program
will end in late June with
continuous single-tracking
between the Shady Grove
and Twinbrook stations. (TWP)

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BALTIMORE

City police commit to
changes in deal with U.S.
PATRICK SEMANSKY (AP)

BALTIMORE
Six children were killed in a
massive house fire in northeast
Baltimore early Thursday, while
their mother and three of her
other children were able to escape the blaze but were injured,
a fire official said.
All six bodies have been recovered from the home and everyone
has been accounted for, said fire
department spokesman Chief
Roman Clark. Earlier Thursday,
Clark said the presumed dead
were two boys, ages 9 months and
2 years; 3-year-old twin girls; and
two girls, ages 10 and 11.
Clark said investigators at the
scene had been awaiting recovery of the last body before they
begin searching for clues about
the fire’s cause.
Firefighters encountered
heavy flames coming from all
three floors of the home when
they answered the call about
12:30 a.m. Thursday, and they
attacked the blaze from outside, Clark said. The third floor
collapsed and the second floor
partially collapsed.

A fire department spokesman says six bodies have been recovered from a massive fire in northeast Baltimore.

The children’s mother and two
boys, ages 4 and 5, are in critical
condition at a hospital. Clark said
an 8-year-old girl who helped
rescue her younger brothers was
in “good shape.”
William Malone said all nine
are his children with Katie
Malone, who’s a staff member
for Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district office.
William Malone said he was
not home at the time of the fire
because he was at work.

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Feb. 11 to Feb. 28
No trains will run between
Rosslyn and Pentagon on
the Blue Line. Arlington
Cemetery station will be
closed.
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YL

March 4 to March 26
Continuous singletracking on the Blue and
Yellow lines between
Braddock Road and
Huntington/Van Dorn

“I’m still in shock, to be honest,” said Malone, who was
reached by phone at a relative’s
home. He said he doesn’t know
what may have caused the fire.
Cummings said Katie Malone
has worked as a special assistant in his Catonsville office for
nearly 11 years.
“My staff is a family and this
unimaginable tragedy is shocking and heartbreaking to us all.
I again ask for your prayers,”
Cummings said in a statement.

Street. Blue Line trains
will run every 24 minutes.
Yellow Line will operate in
two segments.
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March 26 to April 2
Continuous singletracking on the Blue Line
only between King StreetOld Town and Van Dorn
Street. Blue Line trains
will run every 24 minutes.
Yellow Line service to
and from Huntington will
operate normally.

Neighbor Robert Spencer said
he looked out his window to see the
house across the street in flames.
“The flames was coming out
on every side, and that’s when the
mother was coming around the
side of the house,” Spencer said.
“I heard the kids crying. My
daughter heard them. They
said, ‘Help, help,’ and you know,
couldn’t save them, couldn’t
save them,” he said. “There
was just too much fire there.”
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April 3 to April 9
Continuous singletracking on the Yellow
Line only between King
Street-Old Town and
Huntington.
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RD

April-May (dates TBA)
Continuous singletracking on the Green Line
between Greenbelt and
College Park. Dates to be
announced in early March.

Shot fired through day-care center window in Fairfax County while children, adults inside

May-June (dates TBA)
Continuous singletracking will significantly
reduce Orange Line
service. Dates to be
announced in early April.

June (dates TBA)
Continuous single-tracking
will significantly reduce
Red Line service north of
Grosvenor. Dates to be
announced in early May.

The Baltimore police department
committed to a sweeping
overhaul of its practices Thursday
under a court-enforceable
agreement with the federal
government. It discourages the
arrests of citizens for quality-of
-life offenses, requiring a
supervisor to sign off on any
request to take someone into
custody for a minor infraction,
and mandates basic training for
making stops and searches. (AP)
THE DISTRICT

White House fence
jumper gets probation
A man who draped himself in
the American flag and jumped
over the White House fence
on Thanksgiving Day 2015 has
been sentenced to three years
of probation. Prosecutors said
Joseph Caputo, 24, of Stamford,
Conn., was sentenced Thursday.
He had previously pleaded guilty
to entering or remaining in a
restricted building or grounds. (AP)
MANASSAS, VA.

Charges dropped against
boy accused of milk theft
Prosecutors have dropped
charges against a Virginia teen
who was accused of stealing
a 65-cent carton of milk from
the school lunch line. The boy
said he simply went back to pick
up a milk he had forgotten to
take when he went through the
lunch line at Graham Park Middle
School in Triangle in May. (AP)

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The
Obama
legacy
Few presidents have entered the White House
carrying as many expectations as Barack Obama.
The first black president and the first of his
generation, Obama arrived promising to end
wars, restore economic stability, improve health
care, expand equality, reimagine our politics and,
yes, bring new hope and change. After eight
years, what did he achieve? (AP)
ALEX WONG (GETTY IMAGES)

Foreign policy

Politics

When Obama entered the White
House, he had one essential task:
piece together the shards of a
shattered U.S. economy. It wasn’t
smooth and it wasn’t fast. But he
will leave behind, in many ways,
an economy far stronger than the
one he inherited. Unemployment
is at 4.7 percent, just up from its
recent nine-year low. Stocks keep
setting highs. Some 20 million more
Americans have health insurance
coverage. Yet it’s also an economy
that left many people feeling
neglected. Polling after November’s
election found that nearly twothirds of voters described the
economy as “not so good” or “poor.”
The costs of housing, college and
prescription drugs kept outpacing
paychecks. The gap between
the economy’s overall health and
Americans’ lingering anxieties cuts
to the heart of Obama’s legacy.

Obama ushered in a new era of
diplomacy, re-establishing the U.S.
as the driving force behind fighting
climate change and reducing the
threat of nuclear weapons. He
restored unity between the U.S.
and its allies after the divisive tenure
of President George W. Bush and
avoided adding another large-scale
U.S. military commitment overseas.
But Obama ultimately couldn’t
deliver on the founding promise
of his presidency: ending wars.
He failed to end the conflicts he
inherited in Iraq and Afghanistan,
settling instead for greatly reducing
U.S. involvement in each. And he
will pass on the woes of a raging civil
war in Syria. Historians are certain
to grapple with whether Obama’s
forward-looking diplomatic
achievements, like the Iran nuclear
deal and rapprochement with
Cuba, will outweigh his failings.

In boasting about his tenure,
Obama often cites 15 million new
jobs, a low unemployment rate
and 74 months of consecutive
job growth. But one number you
won’t hear: more than 1,030 seats.
That’s the number of spots in state
legislatures, governor’s mansions
and Congress lost by Democrats
during Obama’s presidency. After
this year’s elections, Democrats
hold the governor’s office and
both legislative chambers in just
five states; Republicans have the
trifecta in 25. The defeats have left
the party with limited power and
a thin bench to challenge a GOP
majority eager to undo many of
Obama’s policies. The president’s
party almost always loses seats in
midterm elections, but experts say
Obama’s tenure has marked the
greatest number of losses under
any president in decades.

SAUL LOEB (AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

Economy

President Obama greets supporters after speaking about the economy
at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, on Jan. 21, 2015.

President Obama names five new national monuments: 1. Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument in Ala.; 2. The Freedom Riders National Monument in Anniston, Ala.;

More than half of
Americans view President
Barack Obama favorably
as he leaves office, a new
poll shows, but Americans
remain deeply divided over
his legacy. Here are figures
from an Associated PressNORC Center for Public
Affairs Research poll of
1,017 adults conducted
Dec. 14-19. (AP)

57%
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS (AP)

JAE C. HONG (AP)

Have a favorable opinion of the
president, and 52 percent say he
has been a great or good president.

The Obamas attend an election night rally in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2008.

The White House was illuminated with rainbow colors to commemorate
the Supreme Court’s June 26, 2015, ruling to legalize same-sex marriage.

Race

Pop culture

Social media

LGBT rights

Obama entered the White House
a living symbol, breaking a color
line that stood for 220 years. But
his racial legacy is complicated.
Supporters say he ushered in
criminal justice reforms that helped
minorities, protected hundreds
of thousands of immigrants from
deportation, and appointed
racially diverse leaders to key jobs.
But Obama also frustrated some
who believe he didn’t speak out
quickly or forcefully enough on
race. And his presidency did not
usher in racial harmony. Mounting
tensions over police shootings
of African-Americans prompted
protests in several cities and the
emergence of the Black Lives
Matter movement. It took more
than two centuries for America to
elect a black president. It will take
many years after he leaves office
to sort out what it all meant.

Obama ruled as America’s pop
culture president. His two terms
played out like a running chronicle
of the trends of our times: slowjamming the news with Jimmy
Fallon, reading mean tweets with
Jimmy Kimmel, filling out his NCAA
basketball bracket on ESPN. And
Michelle Obama matched the
president moment for moment. It
wasn’t just frivolity. The Obamas
turned niche pop culture platforms
to serious ends. On the “Tonight
Show,” she pushed exercise by
challenging Fallon to a sack race in
the East Room. And the president
turned up on “Between Two Ferns
With Zach Galifianakis” to get
millennials to sign up for his healthcare law. The benefits of Obama’s
affinity for pop culture were
clear: Hollywood’s brightest stars
stepped up to amplify his message
and raise money for his causes.

The first American president of the
social media age has for years been
breaking ground on how politicians
connect with a digitally savvy
electorate. Obama has used social
media as a tool to educate, to
amuse, to spin and, undoubtedly,
to shape his legacy. And judging by
his successor’s Twitter account, it’s
one of the few legacies he’s leaving
that President-elect Donald Trump
has embraced. The year Obama
came into office, the White House
joined Facebook, Twitter, Flickr,
Vimeo, iTunes and MySpace. In
2013, the first lady posted her
first photo to Instagram. In 2015,
the president sent his first tweet
from @POTUS, an account that
now has 11 million followers. White
House officials say presidents,
with very rare exceptions, can no
longer rely on a single method for
communicating their message.

Many lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender Americans consider
Obama — among all U.S. presidents
— the greatest champion of their
rights. While Obama drew flak in his
first term from impatient, skeptical
activists who viewed him as too
cautious, the pace of his actions
steadily accelerated. In December
2010, he signed legislation enabling
gays and lesbians to serve openly
in the military. In 2011, he directed
government agencies to combat
LGBT rights abuses internationally.
And on a June night in 2015, the
White House bathed in rainbow
colors to celebrate the Supreme
Court decision allowing same-sex
marriage nationwide — a signature
moment of Obama’s presidency.
Throughout his two terms, Obama
found ways to support the LGBT
community — even when Congress
was in partisan deadlock.

27%

Say Obama has been able to keep
his promise to unite the country,
while 32 percent say he kept his
campaign promises in general.

41%

Say they are personally better off
now compared to when Obama
first entered the White House
in 2009; 46 percent think the
country is better off as a whole.

43%

African-Americans who say Obama
made things better for black
people, while 49 percent say they
see no difference. Six percent say
Obama has made things worse.

90%

Democrats who have a favorable
view of Obama, while 76 percent
of Republicans have a negative
view of him.

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Breaking with Trump
Nominees Mattis and Pompeo offer opinions that differ from president-elect’s
GOP takes first
steps to repeal
Obamacare

MANUEL BALCE CENETA AND J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE (AP)

POLITICS
Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, Donald Trump’s pick to be the
next defense secretary, placed
Russia first among the principal
threats facing the United States,
arguing in his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for greater
American support for European
allies to counter what he said were
Moscow’s attempts to “break” the
NATO alliance.
Mattis, a revered combat
leader who made his name in
the wars following the Sept. 11
attacks, cautioned that sustained
cuts to military budgets and personnel meant the U.S. military is
no longer strong enough to easily outmatch Russia and other
adversaries.
As some of the presidentelect’s other cabinet picks come
under intense questioning in
their own confirmation hearings, the 66-year-old former
officer encountered virtually
no challenges from members
of the Senate Armed Services
Committee regarding his suitability for the top Pentagon job.
Shortly after the three-hour
hearing ended, the committee
voted 24-3 to waive a measure
requiring defense secretaries to
have been out of military service
for seven years. Mattis retired in
2013. The full Senate and House
must vote on that measure.
Mattis’ comments suggested
some differences in viewpoint
with the president-elect, who
has repeatedly questioned longstanding military alliances and
signaled a willingness to embrace Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Although Mattis’ hawkish
views on the danger from Iran
appear to coincide with Trump’s,
he voiced support Thursday
for leaving President Obama’s
nuclear deal with Tehran intact.

“I think it is in an imperfect
arms control agreement — it’s
not a friendship treaty,” Mattis
said. “But when America gives
her word, we have to live up to it
and work with our allies.”
Another nominee for a crucial
national security position, Rep
Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., also had a
confirmation hearing Thursday.
Some of his views differed from
those of the president-elect.
Pompeo, nominated to be CIA
director, told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he would
not be afraid to disagree with
his boss.
He said he would “absolutely
not” comply with any orders
from Trump to resume the use
of enhanced interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding,
in the war on terrorism. During
the campaign, Trump mulled
resuming those methods.
Pompeo’s hearing comes on
the heels of Trump launching
a broadside at the intelligence

Carson says he can do it
Politician and
retired surgeon Ben
Carson defended
his credentials
Thursday to be
secretary of the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, which has 8,300
employees and a $48 billion budget.
He told the Senate he understands
“housing insecurity” because he grew
up in inner-city Detroit. He said he has
learned while serving on boards that
a CEO needn’t know all the details of a
business but must know how to find
and use the best people. (AP)

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to smear him.
Trump also has been skeptical
of the intelligence report that
Russia acted covertly to try to
influence the presidential election in Trump’s favor.
Pompeo said he accepts the
findings in the intelligence assessment. “Everything I’ve seen
suggests to me that the report
has an analytical product that
is sound,” he said.
As head of the CIA, Pompeo
would be responsible for bringing to Trump intelligence assessments the president may
find politically unappealing,
including additional information
on Russia’s interference with the
American democratic process.
Pompeo promised he wouldn’t
hesitate to do so.
“My obligation as director
of CIA is to tell every policymaker the facts as best the
intelligence agency has developed them,” Pompeo said.
(AP/THE WASHINGTON POST)

POLITICS
Congress is poised to complete
its initial step toward dismantling
President Barack Obama’s
health-care law, but Republicans
are divided over how to replace
it and face pressure from Donald
Trump for quick action.
By a near party-line 51-48
vote Thursday, the GOP-run
Senate approved a budget
motion that eases the way
for action on subsequent
repeal legislation as soon as
next month. The Republicancontrolled House planned to
complete its budget today.
At a news conference
Wednesday, the president-elect
promised his administration
would quickly reveal a plan to
repeal the so-called Obamacare
program and replace it.
Passage of Thursday’s
measure would permit some
follow-up legislation to escape
the threat of a filibuster by
Senate Democrats. However, for
many elements of a new healthcare law, Republicans are likely
to need 60 votes and therefore
Democratic support.
“This will be a thoughtful,
step-by-step process,” House
Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis.
(above), said Thursday.
But increasing numbers of
Republicans have expressed
anxiety over obliterating the law
without a replacement to show
voters. “We’re loading a gun
here,” said Rep. Tom MacArthur,
R-N.J. “I want to know where
it’s pointed before we start the
process.” ANDREW TAYLOR (AP)

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MILITARY

CUBA

3,500 U.S. troops arrive
to warm Polish welcome

Obama administration
ends ‘wet foot, dry foot’

The U.S. military in Afghanistan said
Thursday that its investigation into a
November firefight with the Taliban
in northern Kunduz province has
shown that 33 civilians died in
the raid, during which U.S. troops
fired on Afghan homes. The probe
followed claims that civilian deaths
resulted from airstrikes called in to
support Afghan and U.S. forces who
came under fire in the province’s
village of Buz-e Kandahari. The raid
had targeted and killed two senior
Taliban commanders responsible
for violence in Kunduz the previous
month. In addition to the civilian
deaths, 27 civilians were wounded.

American soldiers entered Poland
on Thursday, fulfilling a dream
some Poles have had since the fall
of communism in 1989 to have U.S.
troops on their soil as a deterrent
against Russia. The 3,500 U.S.
troops will be based in the city of
Zagan. Some residents waved and
held up American flags as the troops
rolled by. Poland’s prime minister
and defense minister will welcome
them in a ceremony Saturday. The
troops’ arrival marks the first-ever
continuous deployment to the
region by a NATO ally, and comes as
part of a commitment by President
Barack Obama to protect a region
that is nervous about Russia. (AP)

President Obama, in one of his
last foreign policy initiatives,
said Thursday he has ended the
“wet-foot, dry-foot” policy that has
allowed Cubans reaching U.S. soil
to stay and automatically become
eligible for American residency,
while those intercepted at sea are
sent home. Obama’s statement said
that, effective immediately, Cuban
migrants will now be treated “the
same way we treat migrants from
other countries.” Cuba has often
complained about the long-standing
policy, saying it encouraged illegal
trafficking and endangered the lives
of those in unseaworthy vessels.

(AP)

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

Report: After recent storms, more than 40 percent of California has emerged from punishing drought

verbatim

“I don’t deserve
this, but I know
it came from the
president’s heart.”
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN,

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AFGHANISTAN

U.S. military: Fight with
Taliban killed 33 civilians

after President Barack Obama
surprised him Thursday with
the Presidential Medal of
Freedom with distinction, the
only award of its kind Obama
gave out. Biden was visibly
emotional in accepting the
award, which he said he had
“no inkling” was coming.

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FBI faces review in Clinton case
POLITICS
The Justice Department inspector general will review broad
allegations of misconduct involving the FBI’s investigation of
Hillary Clinton’s email practices
and the bureau’s decision just before the election to announce the
probe had resumed, the inspector
general announced Thursday.
The probe will be wide ranging — encompassing the FBI’s
various public statements on the
matter, whether its deputy director should have been recused and
whether FBI or other Justice
Department employees leaked
nonpublic information, according
to a news release from Inspector
General Michael Horowitz.
L aw m a ker s a nd ot h er s
had called previously for the

ALEX WONG (GETTY IMAGES)

Inspector general will
probe complaints over
investigation of emails

Lawmakers have said FBI Director James Comey broke established policies.

inspector general to look into
the FBI’s pre-election actions
regarding the Clinton case, alleging that FBI Director James
Comey bucked long-standing
policies with his communications
about the case and that information seemed to have leaked
inappropriately.
Horowitz said in the news release that he will explore those
topics and more, though he will

not re-litigate whether anyone
should have faced charges.
The FBI’s probe into whether
Clinton mishandled classified
information by using a private
server when she was secretary of
state has long been controversial.
Comey on Oct. 28 — after
previously announcing that he
was recommending no charges
in the case — sent a letter to
congressional leaders telling

them that agents had resumed
the Clinton probe after finding
potentially relevant information
in an unrelated case.
The day before, senior Justice Department leaders had
warned Comey not to send the
letter, because it violated two
long-standing department policies — discussing an ongoing investigation and taking any overt
action so close to an election.
Comey sent a second letter to
Congress just days before the
election, saying that the investigation was complete and he was
not changing the July decision.
Clinton has blamed the renewed FBI inquiry for blunting
her momentum in the final weeks
of the presidential election.
Horowitz wrote that he also
will explore “allegations that
Department and FBI employees
improperly disclosed nonpublic
information.” MATT ZAPOTOSKY AND
SARI HORWITZ (THE WASHINGTON POST)

$110
The new, lower price CVS is
charging for a two-pack of
the generic version of Mylan’s
EpiPen, a life-saving allergy
treatment that can cost more
than $600 for two pens. CVS
said Thursday it had been
selling its generic version for
around $200. Mylan was
sharply criticized in Congress
last year for its pricing. (AP)

EPA accuses
Fiat Chrysler
of breaking rule
ENVIRONMENT
The U.S. government accused
Fiat Chrysler on Thursday of
failing to disclose software in
some of its pickups and SUVs
with diesel engines that allows
them to emit more pollution than
allowed under the Clean Air Act.
The Environmental Protection
Agency issued a “notice of
violation” to the company that
covers about 104,000 vehicles
with 3-liter diesel engines.
The vehicles include the 2014
through 2016 Jeep Grand
Cherokee and Ram pickups.
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio
Marchionne denied wrongdoing,
saying the EPA was blowing the
issue out of proportion. “We will
defend our behavior in the right
environment,” he said.
Marchionne said he was told by
company lawyers that the Justice
Department is investigating
the company along with the
EPA, raising the likelihood of an
ongoing criminal probe.
He said the company halted
production of Grand Cherokees
and Rams with diesel engines in
September, but will continue to
sell models manufactured before
then that remain on dealers’ lots.
Marchionne said the company
will present its case to the
incoming Trump administration.
“We will work with the new
leadership to get this issue
through,” he said.
The EPA intensified testing
after Volkswagen was caught in a
2015 cheating scandal involving
its “Clean Diesel” line. TOM KRISHER
AND MICHAEL BIESECKER (AP)

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sports

THREE
POINTERS

San Diego
memories

NFL POSTSEASON | DIVISIONAL ROUND

Impossible playoff feats

Owner Dean Spanos
made it official Thursday.
After 56 years in San
Diego, the Chargers will
begin play in Los Angeles
next season. Let’s look
back at three great days
from their first home.

Wild-card weekend turned out to be a dull affair full of one-sided wins by home teams, but this week’s playoff slate seems more likely to
produce an upset or two. Even a game that looks lousy is livened up by a ridiculous challenge. The Texans are 16-point underdogs to the
Patriots, making an upset unthinkable. With inspiration from that uphill climb, here are nearly impossible tasks facing each team. G.H.

GABE HIATT (EXPRESS)

3
Jan. 5, 1964

GETTY IMAGES

Led by Hall of Fame coach
Sid Gillman, the Chargers won
their only championship with
a 51-10 win over the visiting
Boston Patriots in the AFL
title game at Balboa Stadium.

Seahawks (11-5-1)
at Falcons (11-5)

Texans (10-7)
at Patriots (14-2)

Steelers (12-5)
at Chiefs (12-4)

Packers (11-6)
at Cowboys (13-3)

4:35 p.m. Saturday, Fox

8:15 p.m. Saturday, CBS

1:05 p.m. Sunday, NBC

4:40 p.m. Sunday, Fox

Seattle’s task: Take Julio Jones
out of the game. Despite missing
two games with a toe injury, he
was second in the league with
1,409 yards receiving this season.
He had 139 yards and a touchdown
in a loss to Seattle earlier this
season. It sure looked like Richard
Sherman got away with pass
interference to break up a late pass
to Jones and preserve a 26-24 win.
Can Seattle stop him legally?

Houston’s task: Outcoach the
man in the hoodie. The Texans’
coaching staff is littered with Bill
Belichick’s proteges, including
coach Bill O’Brien. The divide
between Houston’s staff and New
England’s old standby was never
more evident than on Sept. 22,
when the Pats blanked the Texans
27-0 with Jacoby Brissett at
quarterback. Can Houston sneak
anything past Belichick when he’s
had a bye week to prepare?

PIttsburgh’s task: Rein in Tyreek
Hill. Chiefs coach Andy Reid has
always had a way with small and
speedy weapons. In his rookie
season, Hill has hurt opponents
from all over the field. He’s scored
six touchdowns from his primary
position at receiver, run in another
three touchdowns and busted into
the end zone on two punt returns
and one kick return. The Steelers
rank 30th in average kick return
yards allowed (24.7) and 24th in
punt return yards (9.6).

Green Bay’s task: Hold rookie
Ezekiel Elliott under 80 yards
rushing. The Cowboys’ workhorse
led the NFL with 1,631 yards
rushing on a league-high 322
carries, 23 more than New
England’s LeGarrette Blount.
He’s been held to fewer than 80
yards on the ground just once
this season in a Week 1 loss to the
Giants. He ran for 157 yards in a
30-16 win at Green Bay in October.

Atlanta’s task: Light up Seattle’s
defense. Yes, the Falcons are
high-powered and balanced on
offense. They rank No. 2 in total
offense, third in passing yards
and fifth in rushing. But Atlanta is
1-4 in the playoffs with Matt Ryan
under center. Seattle ranks third in
scoring defense (18.2 ppg) and is
proven in the postseason.
Pick: Falcons 23, Seahawks 20

New England’s task: Neutralize
Houston’s bookends. The Texans’
outside linebackers, both firstround picks, had a field day against
Oakland. Jadeveon Clowney
picked off a pass that led to a short
touchdown and a 10-0 lead last
week. Whitney Mercilus made
seven tackles with two sacks.
Pick: Patriots 21, Texans 9

Kansas City’s task: Immobilize
Ben Roethlisberger. The burly
quarterback made his name
shaking off tacklers and throwing
on the run. He has said a recent
foot injury won’t be a problem. In
six games against the Chiefs, he’s
5-1 with a 118.7 passer rating.

Dallas’ task: Keep the ball away
from Randall Cobb. Jordy Nelson
is questionable with a rib injury,
and Cobb is coming off his best
game of the season. He hooked up
with Aaron Rodgers for 116 yards
and three touchdowns against
the Giants. Dallas has its work
cut out for it with the league’s
26th-ranked pass defense.

Pick: Steelers 38, Chiefs 33

Pick: Packers 42, Cowboys 34

X-rays come back negative on right pinkie and left wrist of Wizards PG John Wall

2
Jan. 8, 1995
The Dolphins missed a lastsecond field goal, and the
Chargers won a divisional
playoff game 22-21 at Jack
Murphy Stadium before going
to their only Super Bowl.

1
Dec. 10, 2006
LaDainian Tomlinson broke
the NFL record for rushing
TDs in a season after three
scores in a 48-20 win over
the Broncos at Qualcomm
Stadium. He ran for 28 that
year and won MVP.

Jaguars owner Shad Khan says new VP Tom Coughlin has final say on all football decisions

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sports

Rams nab Redskins’ McVay
30-year-old coordinator
is youngest to be hired
as an NFL head coach

Tough Terps
develop edge
in past two wins

TONI L. SANDYS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

LOS ANGELES
Sean McVay will become the
next head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, the team announced
Thursday, a day after he met
with Los Angeles for his second
interview.
McVay, 30, will be the youngest head coach in NFL history,
surpassing Lane Kiffin when
he was hired by the Raiders at
31 years old in 2007. McVay will
turn 31 on Jan. 24.
Despite his age, McVay has
been widely regarded as a bright
offensive mind. The Redskins
finished third in total offense
this season, averaging 403.4
yards per game, and 12th in scoring, producing 24.8 points per
contest, during McVay’s third
season as offensive coordinator. He spent seven seasons in
Washington, quickly climbing
the ranks from assistant tight
ends coach (2010) and tight ends
coach (2011-13) under Mike Shanahan to offensive coordinator
in 2014 during Jay Gruden’s first
season as coach.
McVay comes from a football
background as his grandfather,
John, was the head coach of the

Sean McVay
helped the thirdranked Redskins’
offense average
403.4 yards per
game in 2016.

Giants from 1976 to 1978 and
became the general manager for
the 49ers the following year. John
McVay played an integral role in
San Francisco’s five Super Bowls
during the 1980s and 1990s.
Sean McVay also interviewed
with the 49ers on Monday for
their vacant head coaching position. Instead, he will now receive the opportunity to mold
quarterback Jared Goff, who
was the first overall pick in the
2016 NFL draft.

GOLF

NFL

New bag of clubs working
for McIlroy in South Africa

Assault charges dropped
for Steelers’ Joey Porter

Rory McIlroy made an impressive
start to 2017 with a new set of clubs,
making seven birdies and shooting
a 5-under 67 on Thursday at the
SA Open in Johannesburg to put
himself a stroke off the first-round
lead. With Nike no longer making
golf clubs and balls, McIlroy has
been testing out woods, irons and
a putter from other manufacturers.
Trevor Fisher Jr. and Keith Horne
shared the lead at 66. (AP)

A Pennsylvania district attorney
said he’ll drop all but two minor
charges against Pittsburgh
assistant coach Joey Porter after
reviewing video of his altercation
with a bar bouncer and a police
officer Sunday. According to
the district attorney, video
evidence supports only disorderly
conduct and public drunkenness.
Aggravated and simple assault
charges are being dropped. (AP)

McVay will take over for Jeff
Fisher, who was fired by the
Rams on Dec. 12 with a 31-45-1
record in five seasons.
According to AP, McVay is
expected to assemble a veteran
staff and has been linked to defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, 69, who helped Denver win
the Super Bowl last year.
Meanwhile, the Redskins need
to find McVay’s replacement just
a week after they fired defensive
coordinator Joe Barry.

One internal candidate could
be Bill Callahan, the offensive
line coach who has seven years’
experience as an NFL offensive
coordinator and two as a head
coach.
If the Redskins want to look
externally, former Chargers
coach Mike McCoy would be
an intriguing candidate. He was
recently fired after going 27-37
in four seasons with the team.
MASTER TESFATSION AND MARK MASKE
(THE WASHINGTON POST)

verbatim

“He has a real … shot at
cracking 800. He’ll be
the all-time greatest goal
scorer the game has seen.”
BROOKS LAICH, talking about his former

teammate, Alex Ovechkin, left, who
reached 1,001 career points with his 545th
and 546th goals Wednesday night in
a 5-2 win over the Penguins

D.C. United has 3 picks in first two rounds of MLS Draft on Friday (12th in first round, 12th and 21st in second round)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
The emotion and defensive
prowess Maryland’s men’s
basketball team has played
with recently has folded into a
narrative that’s been forming
since a meltdown loss to
Nebraska on New Year’s Day.
“The last two games,”
coach Mark Turgeon said,
“we’ve played with much more
toughness. I think the slap in the
face, the Nebraska game, kind of
woke us all up.”
After winning on the road at
Michigan and at home against
Indiana, Maryland plays Saturday
at Illinois (6 p.m., ESPN2).
On Tuesday night against
Indiana, guard Melo Trimble
sacrificed his body just 65
seconds into the game, stepping
in front of Hoosiers guard James
Blackmon as he bull-rushed the
basket. After Blackmon was
called for a charge, Trimble let
out a primal roar. Later in the
first half, he did it again after
drawing another offensive foul
against forward OG Anunoby,
who outweighs Trimble by at
least 40 pounds.
Those were the kind of raw
plays that defined Maryland’s
75-72 victory, beginning with
Trimble and senior center
Damonte Dodd, who tied a
career-high with six blocks and
helped anchor the Terrapins’
frontcourt. Dodd played with
confidence and stayed out
of foul trouble, helping hold
Indiana center Thomas Bryant to
six points and Anunoby to five
points. ROMAN STUBBS (TWP)

MLB deadline to exchange arbitration figures is midday Friday

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HOME
RULES

How to host
the most

THINKSTOCK

Be a snow
know-it-all

Are you and your home ready for some inclement weather?

Washingtonians started
getting inundated
with texts months
ago inquiring about
places to crash during
inauguration weekend.
We polled several local
designers for creative
ideas on how to deal
with large numbers of
guests. JURA KONCIUS
(THE WASHINGTON POST)

WEATHER PREP
Last weekend’s light dusting of
snow was just a warmup. Winter
is here, and there’s no time like
the present to get prepared.
When snow descends on Washington, as is possible with dropping temperatures this weekend,
residents must think about two
things: public safety and their
personal safety and comfort.
Per the Winter Sidewalk Safety
Act, D.C. property owners are responsible for clearing snow and
ice from the sidewalks around
their property “within the first
eight hours of daylight after the
storm ends,” says Department of
Public Works communications
director Zy Richardson.
Landlords may pass this responsibility along to their tenants by writing it into the lease,
but at the end of the day the
property owner is responsible,
and that’s who may face a $25
fine if adjacent snow and ice
aren’t cleared.
Those who aren’t able to clear
snow and ice needn’t worry about
fines — residents with disabilities
and senior citizens can apply for
an exemption from the city online.

Though it may be appealing
to wait until the snowfall stops
and get rid of it in one fell swoop,
snow removal is safer when done
early and often.
“Typically, shoveling smaller
amounts of fresh snow before
it has amassed is easiest to
manage,” Richardson says.
She stresses that residents
shouldn’t overexert themselves in the name of clearing
up precipitation.
Before the first flakes fall,
check that your tools are in order.
“If you haven’t replaced that
worn-out shovel from the last
blizzard, get a new one at the
hardware store before a storm
is predicted,” Richardson says.
Logan Hardware stocks Garant
plastic shovels for $19.99 — “that’s
what most people use,” says Phil
Smith, 31, assistant lead at the
store. Be sure to also pick up sets
of window scrapers and small
shovels for your car ($12.99).
After shoveling, it’s time
for ice melt. Be careful not to
sprinkle it beyond your front
walkway or sidewalk, lest it kill
your grass. And check that what
you use is animal-safe — some

Give snow the heave-ho
Shoveling snow can be a great
workout, but it can also lead to injury
if not done right. Note these tips
from the National Safety Council
before you pick up that shovel. M.D.
Don’t shovel right after eating or
while smoking.
Only shovel fresh powder — it’s
lighter.
Try to push snow aside rather
than lifting it.
Lift from your legs so as not to
hurt your back.
Stop immediately if you feel any
tightness in the chest or dizziness.

varieties can get stuck in furry
friends’ paws or be dangerous if
ingested. Smith estimates that
residents will need 1 to 2 pounds
of ice melt, in the form of rock
salt or other chemical products,
each year to keep their front
walkways and sidewalks clear.
Nine- and 10-pound bags of petfriendly ice melt retail for $10 to
$15 from varying brands.
To protect those carefully cultivated gardens for next spring,

“You can wrap certain plants in
burlap to keep them safe over
the winter,” Smith says. Putting down mulch will also keep
soil warm.
It’s not just conditions outside
that residents need to prepare
for. There’s plenty to get in order
for spending time indoors.
It’s important to fill all prescriptions and have a list of key
phone numbers on hand before
a storm in case of emergencies.
“Keep fresh bottled water
and food that does not need to
be cooked on hand, along with
a manual can opener,” Richardson says. Start stocking up
slowly now to avoid running up
against bare shelves in the days
right before a storm. You’ll miss
the crowded stores, and you’ll be
sure to get the foods you prefer
rather than whatever’s left.
Once you have the proper supplies to keep your household safe
inside and out, remember to grab
an extra creature comfort or two.
Richardson recommends keeping
the kids entertained with a new
board game to play after they’ve
called a truce in the snowball
fight. MEGAN DOWNEY (FOR EXPRESS)

Upgrade your inflatable
bed: The one that Silver
Spring designer Iantha Carley
thinks is best of class is the
Frontgate EZ Inflatable
Guest Bed ($199-$269). It
inflates and deflates with a
push of a button.
Uphold basic standards:
Everyone should have their
own towel, says Alexandria
designer Maria Crosby
Pollard. Also include a bar of
soap and a washcloth. She
suggests giving each guest a
plastic cup with their name
on it for whatever beverages
they drink while bunking in.
Create a sense of
adventure: D.C. designer
Mary Douglas Drysdale says
people coming together
for a shared experience can
be like a big slumber party.
Just manage expectations:
Tell everyone in advance
that they will be sharing
bathrooms and maybe
bedrooms, Drysdale says.
Then stock up on snacks and
breakfast foods and count
your spare keys.

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Not even Ben Affleck
and Sienna Miller’s
cute hats can give
this Prohibition film
the pizazz it needs.

ALSO
OPENING

A ghost of Prohibition
Despite its ambition, Affleck’s fourth directorial foray can’t overcome its mediocrity
FILM REVIEW
“Live by Night” — which, like
Affleck’s “Gone Baby Gone” and
“The Town,” is based on a story
by Dennis Lehane — is precisely
the kind of stylish, mature film
most of us wish Hollywood would
make more of. At the same time,
“Live by Night” has so much going for it that it’s difficult to tease
out what, exactly, is wrong with it.
Affleck plays Joe Coughlin,
a World War I veteran who returns to his hometown of Boston
devoid of any moral code other
than self-interested survival. The
son of a well-connected policeman (Brendan Gleeson), Joe’s a
natural candidate for membership in the local Irish mob. But
he’s not a joiner, preferring to
pull easy, modestly lucrative

bank and poker-game heists with
his Italian partner Dion (Chris
Messina). Joe’s refusal to pledge
allegiance to either tribe is complicated, as these stories tend to
be, by the presence of a woman
— in this case, a jazz-baby played
by Sienna Miller with a mantle
of class resentment as thick as
her Irish brogue.
Joe eventually finds himself in
the west coast of Florida, where he
seeks his fortune in bootleg rum
and a burgeoning casino business
on Longboat Key. Attracted to the
region’s pluralistic culture, Joe
becomes the unofficial mayor
of Tampa. The only question is
whether his undoing will come by
way of his criminal activities, his
gangland rivals, the perorations
of a newly minted evangelical

preacher (Elle Fanning), her
sheriff father (Chris Cooper) or
an emboldened Ku Klux Klan.
Shot in rich amber tones, “Live
by Night” looks terrific, and Affleck is as proficient as ever with
crime-driven action, including
shootouts, old-timey car chases
and some spirited nightclub

scenes. If he doesn’t bring much
zing to the role of Joe, he fills out
the suit with convincing, squareshouldered heft.
The visual and performative
elements are polished enough in
“Live by Night,” but ultimately,
it lacks any sense of urgency.
Affleck gives himself one or
two important speeches about
immigrants, intolerance and
the American Way, but never
elevates a basic plot into a truly
compelling story. Somber and
admirably ambitious, “Live by
Night” nonetheless falls short
of being essential, its moving
parts heading predictably toward a conclusion that feels mechanical. It’s okay, from a filmmaker who’s capable of far better.
ANN HORNADAY (THE WASHINGTON POST)

MUSIC

‘Tale as old as time, true as it can be …’ (you know the rest)
John Legend and Ariana Grande will record “Beauty and the Beast’s” titular theme song for Disney’s
forthcoming live-action film. The pair will sing the song first sung by Angela Lansbury in the 1991
animated film and then recorded for the movie’s soundtrack by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson.
“Beauty and the Beast,” starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, will be released March 17. (AP)
FX renews “American Horror Story” through Season 9

WARNER BROS PICTURES

‘Monster Trucks’
PG, 104 min.

What would happen, this
film asks, if a car-obsessed
teenager (Lucas Till) found a
cute, otherworldly creature
taking refuge inside the
metal body of his vintage
pickup? The idea is silly, yet
“Monster Trucks” is more
involving than it sounds.
Though the special effects
strike an admirable balance
between the cutesy and
the creepy, it’s sheer
moviemaking craft that fuels
this action/family hybrid.
ALAN ZILBERMAN (TWP)

‘Julieta’
R, 98 min.

After an encounter with
a friend of her estranged
daughter, Antia, Julieta
decides to rehash the past as
a way of understanding how
she and Antia grew apart.
Filmmaker Pedro Almodovar
tells the ensuing story with
suspense and captivating
brio, interrogating notions
of time, doppelgangers
and fate with the director’s
characteristically fastidious
attention to detail. A.H.

“Mad Men” archives, including scripts, notes, costumes and props, to be donated to the University of Texas at Austin

24 | EXPRESS | 01.13.2017 | WEEKEND

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KRISTEN PAGE-KIRBY | THE REELIST

Real live ‘Women’:
Mike Mills just lets
the mystique be
they are also fully realized,
fully fleshed characters. Second, he recognizes that their
gender is part of what defines
them, and writes accordingly.
Third — and this goes to his
credit as a director — he gets
out of his actresses’ way. In one
scene, Jamie reads a feminist
essay on aging to Dorothea,
thinking it will resonate with
her 55-year-old self. There
is a pause when he’s done.
“You think you understand
me now?” she asks. Jamie’s
confusion is clear — well, he
thought he did, but no. Rather
than having Dorothea deliver a
monologue describing what she
feels and what she thinks and,
therefore, what Jamie should
feel and think about Dorothea,
Mills instead lets Bening’s inscrutable face carry the scene,
and leaves Jamie to his own
non-understanding.
Mills, who has said he wrote
“20th Century Women” in
honor of his own single mother,
makes Jamie the outsider, in
that scene and throughout the
film. He has created a world
where the idea of “woman” and
“person” are not only interchangeable, but complementary. Mills’ script doesn’t take
the tired, old (incorrect) track
of “not seeing gender”; instead
he sees it, explores it and, most
surprisingly, recognizes that a

‘Patriots Day’
builds up to a
gripping apex

A24 FILMS

Often — I
know, not
always — male
screenwriters
don’t give
much thought
to a character’s gender. That
sounds good, but sometimes it
means that female characters
are written simply as not-men.
Women who are written with
their gender as their sole
defining characteristic, on the
other hand, tend to exist only
in relation to the men in the
story. They may be objects of
desire, or of ridicule, or of worship, but objects they are and
objects they remain.
Mike Mills, the writer-director of “20th Century Women,”
takes a different tack. It’s 1979,
and 15-year-old Jamie (Lucas
Jade Zumann) lives with his
mom, Dorothea (Annette Bening), and her tenants William
(Billy Crudup) and Abbie
(Greta Gerwig). Neighbor Julie
(Elle Fanning) semi-chastely
spends most nights in Jamie’s
bed, to his great frustration.
This synopsis makes it seem
like we’re back where we’ve so
often been — all three women,
after all, are united by their
proximity to Jamie. So what
makes Mills different? First, he
writes Dorothea, Abbie and Julie as people; while all three are
more than vaguely archetypal,

Julie is not a
20th-century
girl and not yet
a 20th-century
woman.

‘20th Century Women’
(R, 118 min.)
DIRECTOR: Mike Mills
STARS: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning,
Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann
IN A NUTSHELL: A determined
single mother in her mid-50s who
is raising her adolescent son alone
enlists the help of two younger
women — a free-spirited punk
artist and a savvy and provocative
teenage neighbor.

woman’s experience does not
exist so he can “understand” it,
which usually means defining
it on his own terms. Through
Jamie’s experience, Mills
himself stands outside, looking in, and in doing so paints
an extraordinarily accurate
portrait of three resoundingly
real women.
Read Kristen’s previous columns
at washingtonpost.com/thereelist

verbatim

“I wouldn’t do another show that starred four white girls.”
LENA DUNHAM, reflecting on her time making her HBO show, “Girls,” in a Nylon magazine feature. She added:
“When I wrote the pilot I was 23. Each character was an extension of me. I thought I was doing the right thing.”

FX and Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story: Katrina” to debut in 2018

FILM REVIEW
Part thriller, part documentarystyle ticktock, Peter Berg’s
“Patriots Day” retells the tale of
the massive manhunt for the
Boston Marathon bombers,
using Mark Wahlberg’s Tommy
Saunders as the face of the army
of law enforcement officers that
was mobilized after two bombs
exploded near the finish line of
the 2013 marathon, killing three
and injuring hundreds.
Wahlberg is not quite the
hero of “Patriots Day,” however.
Rather, as a composite character,
he’s a device that helps viewers
follow the search for brothers
Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
(Themo Melikidze, Alex Wolff).
Though Melikidze’s Tamerlan,
the older sibling, is depicted as
the mastermind of the bombing
plot, it is Wolff’s Dzhokhar who
captures the banality and the
twisted evil of their actions. His
performance is among the film’s
most enigmatic parts.
The film really kicks into high
gear in the second act, powerfully
evoking the feelings of dread
and white-knuckle excitement
that much of America no doubt
felt as the manhunt progressed.
After the Tsarnaevs are captured,
one of Watertown’s finest taunts
the suspects: “Welcome to
Wattatown, motherf---ers.” It’s
doubtful anyone actually said
that line, but, by the time it gets
delivered, you’ll probably be
so far forward on the edge of
your seat that you’ll believe that
someone did. MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN
(THE WASHINGTON POST)

Even with a scary guy in
a hood, the horror flick
is hardly frightening

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The newest movie villain to
haunt your nightmares is a pasty
demonic spirit who looks like
Voldemort and dresses like the
Grim Reaper. Stalking his victims, he jumps out of closets
and photobombs their pictures,
making them see things that
aren’t real, until they go mad
with homicidal rage.
His name? The Bye Bye Man.
That moniker sounds like
something a toddler would dream
up. And although the horror film
of the same name is not quite as
silly as that, it isn’t much better.
The luckless victim at the center of the story is Elliot (Douglas
Smith), a college kid who just
moved into a creepy off-campus
rental with his best bud, John
(Lucien Laviscount), and girlfriend, Sasha (Cressida Bonas).
Life seems perfect until Elliot
makes the mistake of looking
in the bedside table of this fully
furnished haunted house. Obsessively scrawled inside the drawer
is the mantra of the movie: “Don’t
think it. Don’t say it.”
“It” is revealed when Elliot
pulls back the drawer lining to
see the comically non-terrifying
name. “The Bye Bye Man,” he
says, out of idle curiosity, not

Ready to
retire?

The Bye Bye Man would like you to know that he is frightening, he is
dangerous and most of all, he is not Darth Sidious from “Star Wars.”

realizing that he has sealed his
fate.
As it turns out, anyone who
says the name gets a visit. The
Bye Bye Man is basically a fatal
virus. It spreads fast when the
afflicted person can’t keep his
or her mouth shut.
The film had a relatively modest budget, and it shows in its effects, which tend to be more funny
than scary. Even a conscious effort to suspend disbelief is undone
by the hammy dialogue and stilted
delivery, especially from Bonas,
a British actress who struggles
with an American accent. Her
inexperience is balanced by a
cameo from veteran actress Faye
Dunaway, who seems to be the
only one in on the joke.

Director Stacy Title earned an
Academy Award nomination for
the 1993 live-action short “Down
on the Waterfront,” and she reteamed with her fellow nominee,
writer Jonathan Penner, for “The
Bye Bye Man.” Penner adapted
the script from a story by Robert
Damon Schneck with a much
more ominous title: “The Bridge
to Body Island.” The dialogue
does the story no favors, but the
movie is at least smartly edited to
maximize the surprise factor. It’s
also not nearly as gory as most
horror movies, which explains
the PG-13 rating.
That could open it up to a wider
audience, but should it? Don’t
think it. And definitely don’t see it.

The portion of movies directed by women among 2016’s 250 highestgrossing films, according to an annual report from San Diego State
University’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. The rate
was down 2 percent from last year. Researchers found the disparity across the board. In 2016,
women comprised 17 percent of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors and
cinematographers for the 250 top-earning films. That also is a decline of 2 percent from 2015. (AP)

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@MIAAJTF tweets at “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon,
who dedicated an entire program Wednesday to Michelle Obama
to mark the end of her time as first lady. In one taped segment,
Obama surprised ordinary people by appearing in front of them as they
were recording thank-you messages to her. In another, Obama and
Fallon wrote thank-you notes. “Thank you, Barack, for proving you’re
not a lame duck but my very own silver fox,” Obama wrote. In his note
to the first lady, Fallon wrote, “Thank you ... for bringing a whole
new meaning to the phrase ‘the right to “bare” arms.’ “

The reel deal.

“Thank you to all the zoo
keepers for all the pictures
and making us giggle with
joy and taking care of
the beautiful animals.”
LINDA MILLER comments on the

Facebook video shared by the
Oregon Zoo of its animals having a
“snow day.” The Portland zoo was
closed for two days, but the polar
bears, otters, seals and elephants
had a ball frolicking in the snow
Wednesday. The city declared a state
of emergency after it received a foot
of snow — the most since 2008.

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on your 9th cat life!”
@CRISPIJUANCASIS tweets about a cat named Bella, who was saved
from a garage door by a deputy sheriff. The sheriff’s office of Ascension
Parish, La., posted about the rescue on Facebook, saying Bella was
likely sleeping on top of the garage door when the homeowner
lowered it, trapping the cat in the process. Bella was unhurt.

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on what to see—and skip.
“Tried the new Girl Scout
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S’mores cookies, which were released
to tasters as the season approaches.
They are being sold in two versions
based on region: Some will have a
graham-cookie sandwich filled with
marshmallow and chocolate; others
will have a graham cookie coated in
marshmallow and chocolate.

“It’s insulting to his family,
his fans and his legacy.
Such a disappointment.
@504MOM responds to Paris
Jackson’s tweet that she does not
appreciate white actor Joseph
Fiennes playing her late father,
Michael Jackson, in a satirical British
TV show. “It honestly makes me
want to vomit,” Jackson tweeted
of the casting. “It angers me to see
how obviously intentional it was for
them to be this insulting.”

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Horoscopes

Scrabble Grams

PAR SCORE 145-155, BEST SCORE 220

Sudoku

DIFFICULT

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
You must work harder to keep your
emotions in check, at least until
you know that a certain danger has
passed. Keep your eyes open.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You
can see where you want to be, but
getting there may be much more
taxing than you had expected. It’s
time to update your methods.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Someone may be suggesting that
you must give up one thing in order
to gain another, but you know that
you can actually have both very soon.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) You
know a thing or two that someone
else doesn’t, and this can give
you a distinct advantage where a
recreational contest is concerned.

THURSDAY’S SOLUTION

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Progress must not be sacrificed by
celebrating prematurely. You’re
going to have to keep things moving
even after scoring a success.

THURSDAY’S SOLUTION

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You are
feeling much more comfortable in
your own skin, and it’s likely due to
the ministrations of a certain friend
or loved one.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) You
have much to say to that special
someone, and although the timing
may be perfect, you’re still reluctant.
The risks are few.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You can

FOUR RACK TOTAL
Make a 2-7-letter word from the letters in each
row. Add points of each word using scoring
directions at right. Seven-letter words get a
50-point bonus. Blank tiles used as any letter
have no point value. Scrabble is a trademark of
Hasbro in the U.S. and Canada.

Comics
POOCH CAFE | PAUL GILLIGAN

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You can
score the gains you need, and then
some. Keep your focus squarely
ahead of you, and don’t succumb to
distractions of any sort.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Don’t

sweat the small stuff, but be sure
you are ready to deal with a major
issue brought to you by someone
who claims to be an ally.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
You should be able to refocus and
get the job done even after the
unexpected throws you off balance
early on.

DAILY CODE

FO

Today
in History
1941: A law goes into effect
granting U.S. birthright
citizenship to Puerto Ricans.
Also, novelist James Joyce
dies in Zurich, less than
a month before his 59th
birthday.

move ahead of a rival simply by
doing what you’ve been doing
all along. Your dedication and
consistency count for much.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You’ll be
free to choose all manner of things
that might have been off limits to
you only recently. More unexpected
changes are coming.

Need more
Sudoku?
Find another
puzzle in the
Comics section
of The Post every
Sunday and in
the Style section
Monday through
Saturday.

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE | STEPHAN PASTIS

1967: The Rolling Stones’
double-A-sided single
with “Let’s Spend the
Night Together” and “Ruby
Tuesday” is released in the
United Kingdom by Decca
Records. (It is released the
following day in the U.S.)
1982: An Air Florida 737
crashes into D.C.’s 14th
Street Bridge and falls into
the Potomac River while
trying to take off during
a snowstorm, killing 78
people; four passengers and
a flight attendant survive.
1990: L. Douglas Wilder
of Virginia becomes the
nation’s first elected black
governor as he takes the
oath of office in Richmond.

Elaborate, dressy
parties
Tallies at Camden
Yards
Child’s response
to “Are not!”
Chum south of
the border
Send off from
Like Vassar, now
Two things you
should always
refrigerate
Gradually make a
bank withdrawal?
Human cream
puffs
Damage
superficially
Provide backtalk
More than wants
Prickly patch
Wreck entirely
Crack
investigators?
Accumulate, as
interest
Some source
material for the
Gospels
Two things you
should always
refrigerate

52 Lacking gloss,
in photos
54 Debate side
57 Cogito-sum link
59 Is paid to be
someone else?
60 Bollywood
cover-up
62 Turn down a
little, as lights
63 Blvd. and st.
relative
64 Number of
fingers to
signal a fastball
65 Work a needle
and thread

THURSDAY’S SOLUTION

EDITED BY TIMOTHY E. PARKER

ACROSS

Forecast

DIFFICULT

Fill in each column, row and 3x3 box with the digits
1 through 9 without repeating any. The twist in
Samurai Sudoku is that the digits that appear in
the overlapping boxes must work for both puzzles.
A piece of advice to get you started: Don’t focus
on completing one grid at a time. Keep the whole
puzzle in mind as you go, because filling in a number
in one grid could give you clues to another.

TODAY: Winds begin to pick up from
the north and mark the return of cold
air. Temperatures may still be near
or a bit above 50 to start the day,
but they’ll have trouble rising all that
much. Moisture streams in overhead
through the night.

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

35 | 31

39 | 32

MONDAY

TUESDAY

40 | 34

52 | 38

Get more news and forecasts at
washingtonpost.com/weather or
follow @capitalweather on Twitter.

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SIBLINGS

THAT’S A THING?

Kendall fights
rumors with
‘She started it!’

baby powder
can be organic

Jessica Alba’s lifestyle
company, The Honest
Company, announced
a voluntary recall
of its organic baby
powder Wednesday in
a video posted on its
website. The company
told People magazine
that testing revealed
possible microorganism
contaminations that could
cause infection. People
noted that the company
has faced legal issues
over the effectiveness
and safety of its products.

Kendall Jenner explained on her app Wednesday
that, despite the rumors to the contrary, she has not
gotten plastic surgery. She pointed to one Snapchat
posted by sister Kylie Jenner, in which many fans
pointed out that her lips appeared larger than usual.
“We had to hurry, so I let Ky do my face,” Jenner
wrote. “I LOVED my makeup. I never say this, but
I just felt so pretty. All of a sudden, photos of us
came out with headlines like, ‘OMG Kendall got her
lips done and got full facial reconstruction — look
at her cheekbones, look at her nose!’ ” She denied
the rumors. “As a model, why would I have my face
reconstructed?” she said. (EXPRESS)

Michael is also sorry for
that time he called his
third-grade teacher ‘mom’

‘Charlie who?’ Rihanna
asks while living her life
On Wednesday, Charlie
Sheen reignited a 2-year-old
feud with Rihanna. The actor
had previously sent out a
tweetstorm against the singer
after claiming she refused to
speak to him when they were
at the same restaurant. When
asked about the incident on
“Watch What Happens Live,”
Sheen simply replied, “Oh, that
b----.” (EXPRESS)

verbatim

(EXPRESS)

GAFFES

Michael Keaton
said he is sorry for
conflating the titles
of “Hidden Figures”
and “Fences” at the
Golden Globes. He
was introducing supporting actress
nominee Octavia Spencer when
he called her film “Hidden Fences.”
He added that reading something
discriminatory into the garble is
“extraordinarily incorrect,” and that
he’s a civil rights supporter. (AP)

GETTY IMAGES

Nation shocked

“I had to cut it
out, it was that
depressing. I
looked like a sick
polar bear.”

“Orange Is the New Black”
star Lea DeLaria announced
Wednesday that she and fiancee
Chelsea Fairless are ending their
relationship. DeLaria edited a
photo of herself with Fairless into
a photo from Liza Minnelli and
David Gest’s wedding. “Please
exclude us from the tragic and
basic celebrity breakup narrative,”
DeLaria wrote. “We … will remain
in each other’s lives. In fact, we
look forward to finding new ways
to torture each other.“ (EXPRESS)

BEN AFFLECK, telling the
New York Post that he wasn’t
pleased with his sex scenes in
his new movie “Live by Night,”
which he directed and stars in